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Azure DevOps–Dependency Tracker

When working with multiple teams in Azure DevOps that have cross team dependencies, it can become quite hard to track what is going on.

If you recognize this problem I would recommend having a look at the Dependency Tracker extension for Azure DevOps: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-eswm.dependencytracker&ssr=false#overview

The Dependency Tracker extension provides you with the ability to plan and manage dependencies across teams, projects, and even organizations. It provides filterable views to show all dependencies a team is consuming and producing.

You can see both producting and consuming dependencies:

And there is even a timeline view available:

The easiest way to manage your dependencies is to use the predecessor/successor link type to link work items together:

Create links manually

More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/boards/extensions/dependency-tracker